Washington, DC – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif viewed the nuclear negotiations and subsequent agreement “as a foundation to build on,” said Suzanne DiMag...
Remarks by Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes Annual Conference of the National Iranian American Council Washington DC September 25, 2016 niacouncil.org ...
Washington, DC - According to Philip Gordon, former senior advisor to President Obama and current advisor to the Clinton campaign, Iran remains a major challenge to the United States, yet there a...
Washington, DC – “What we’ve learned over the past eight years is that it’s possible to make progress on something that once seemed intractable,” said Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Securi...
In the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Congress aimed to close loopholes in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) so that people who had recently traveled to areas where ISIS opera...
The Congressional furor over a January prisoner exchange with Iran continued last week in the House of Representatives, with Republican lawmakers doubling down on allegations that the Obama Admi...
Welcome to the first edition of our new POLITICAL INSIDER – a special edition newsletter we will publish in the lead up to the election! Washington is buzzing and things are moving so fast that...
Washington, DC - NIAC welcomes the release of Iranian physicist Omid Kokabee, who was granted parole by an Iranian court after serving five year in prison for charges of communication with a host...
The State Department’s newest travel advisory highlights the continued risk of arrest and detention that Iranian Americans face when traveling to Iran, specifically advising U.S. citizens to we...
Washington, DC – Control of the Senate is up for grabs this Election Day, and many of the most important Senate races are sharply divided on issues important to the Iranian-American community. S...
Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) released the following statement after the Iranian government carried out a spate of approximately twenty executions: “NIAC condem...
The Countering Iranian Threats Act of 2016 (S.3267) – a bill sponsored by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) – is the latest in a series of Congressional efforts tha...